David Sylvian - Ballad Of A Deadman lyrics

Oh, honey, take me out, I'm a deadman Oh, baby, bake me something sweet Oh, honey, take me out, I'm a deadman Oh, baby, give me bread to eat There are places in the damp Northwest where The bodies lie down head to feet There were losses in the California sunshine Tell you stories that you can't repeat In the winter when the valley's flooded Those were times where the rooms were cheap The summer dirt lines the corners of your pockets I'm still buried there ten feet deep Papa, don't place this curse on me Heaven knows I can't use it Papa, don't place this stone on me Mama, there's no future in it We travel on the back roads lightly Through Carson City and the hills beyond Me and Joan on the Sacramento Me and Joan, this is where we're from Oh, honey, take me out, I'm a deadman Oh, baby, bake me something sweet Oh, honey, take me out, I'm a deadman Oh, baby, give me bread to eat Papa, don't place this curse on me Heaven knows I can't use it Papa, don't place this curse on me Mama, there's no future in it Oh, honey, take me out, I'm a deadman Oh, baby, bake me something sweet Oh, honey, take me out, I'm a deadman Oh, baby, give me bread to eat Oh, honey, where's the colours of the springtime? The pale green of an organdy dress Her shadow grows in the California sunshine But nothing else in the south-southwest